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While its mining yield is dwarfed by more advanced mining ships, it can nonetheless generate a reasonable income for a beginner miner, and its 5000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold means it doesn't have to return to a station to unload every few minutes. Its two built-in warp core stabilizers also make the Venture a good ship for mining in hostile space - plus, it aligns and warps much faster than the larger mining ships, allowing it to better escape from danger. | While its mining yield is dwarfed by more advanced mining ships, it can nonetheless generate a reasonable income for a beginner miner, and its 5000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold means it doesn't have to return to a station to unload every few minutes. Its two built-in warp core stabilizers also make the Venture a good ship for mining in hostile space - plus, it aligns and warps much faster than the larger mining ships, allowing it to better escape from danger. | ||
Lastly, the Venture is the only ship with a bonus to [[Gas Cloud Mining]], making it the ship of choice for such purposes. | Lastly, the Venture is the only ship with a bonus to [[Gas Cloud Mining]] besides the Prospect, making it the ship of choice for such purposes. | ||
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==Expedition frigate== | |||
=== Prospect === | |||
The Prospect is the Tech II variety of the Venture, and sports the ability to fit a Covert Ops Cloaking Device. It has an increased cargo and ore hold, even more bonuses to mining yield, more tank, and 3 additional low slots, but no drone bay and no innate warp stabilization. | |||
The Prospect is designed to operate in dangerous or hostile space. A Covert Ops Cloaking Device will allow it to warp while cloaked, making it very difficult to catch. However, it lacks even the rudimentary defense of a small drone bay that the Venture has, so if caught, it is completely helpless. It can't even handle any belt rats that might spawn without refitting. | |||
The Prospect retains the Venture's bonus to [[Gas Cloud Mining]], and due to its higher ore hold, is the best ship in the game for collecting gas. | |||
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